Statutory Instruments
2024 No. 427
EDUCATION, ENGLAND
The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (England) (Amendment and Revocations) Order 2024
Made
25th March 2024
Coming into force
26th March 2024
The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 69(3) and (4) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998( 1 ), and those powers as applied in relation to independent schools by section 124B(1) and (2)( 2 ) of that Act.
In making this Order, the Secretary of State has followed the procedure set out in the Religious Character of Schools (Designation Procedure) Regulations 1998( 3 ) and the Religious Character of Schools (Designation Procedure) (Independent Schools) (England) Regulations 2003( 4 ).
Citation, commencement, extent and application
1. This Order may be cited as the Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (England) (Amendment and Revocations) Order 2024 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
2. This Order extends to England and Wales, and applies to England.
Amendment to the Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No. 2) Order 2013
3. —(1)The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No. 2) Order 2013( 5 ) is amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 1, in relation to the entry for King’s School, BN41 2PG—
(a) in column 1, for ‘BN41 2PG’ substitute ‘BN3 8BN’;
(b) in column 2, for ‘Christianity’ substitute ‘Church of England’.
Revocations
4. The following provisions are revoked—
(a) in Part 1 of the Schedule to the Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (England) Order 1999( 6 ), the entries in relation to St Mary's Catholic Primary School (BD1 4EJ), St Peter's Catholic Primary School (BD3 9ND) and De La Salle Catholic High School (L11 4SG);
(b) in the Schedule to the Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No. 2) Order 2011( 7 ), the title and entry in relation to The De La Salle Academy, L11 4SG.
Signed on behalf of the Secretary of State
Roger Cotes
Deputy Director
Department for Education
25th March 2024
1998 c. 31 ; section 69(3) has been amended by paragraph 35(5) of Schedule 2 to the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 4).
Section 124B was inserted by S.I. 2003/2037 and has been amended by S.I. 2012/976 and paragraph 37 of Schedule 2 to the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 4) .
S.I. 1998/2535 , to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.
S.I. 2003/2314 , amended by S.I. 2004/2262 .
S.I. 1999/2432 , to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.